Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 15 sierpnia 2026
No. Gemma 3 27B Instruct needs 16.3 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has only 16 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.
| Model | Gemma 3 27B Instruct |
| Parameters | 27B |
| Quantization | Q4_K_M |
| VRAM needed | 16.3 GB |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 VRAM | 16 GB |
| Verdict | Does not fit |
Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.
Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for Gemma 3 27B Instruct:
Gemma 3 27B Instruct needs ~16 GB but this GPU has 16 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:
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